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California Voted for Slavery (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, let's read the 13th Amendment together: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Notice that two things are listed - slavery and involuntary servitude. I define convict labor as involuntary servitude. The 13th Amendment doesn't back up either interpretation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah guy, we are both referencing the same idea, but from distinctly different perspectives, it would seem. You seem to like the punishment clauses, whereas I would argue that an Amendment ratified in 1865 is very much due for an overhaul.